A Monograph of the Nectariniidae, or Family of Sunbirds One-half maroon-red cloth

One-half maroon-red cloth

gilt armorial vignette in another compartment

From: Meyer

Volume 1 has a few neat underlines on the first few pages only

A Monograph of the Nectariniidae, or Family of Sunbirds One-half maroon-red clothPp. i cviii, 1 393; 121 hand colored lithographs by Keulemans, each heightened with gum Arabic. Contemporary one half Victorian red morocco over scarlet red cloth boards, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in two compartments and with elaborate gilt floral decorations in the other four compartments, the title and author are lettered in gilt on the front board, top page edge in gilt, contemporary red marbled endpapers, lg 4to (13 x 10. 25